Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager

Quanex; Saint Cloud (MN); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Wellness resources

PTO and paid holidays

Free beverages

Job summary

Quanex in St. Cloud, MN is seeking a Senior Planning and Logistics Manager to lead the planning strategy across production, materials and inventory for Quanex Custom Components on site.

You will optimize capacity, leverage ERP data, and drive better decisions while collaborating across functions to improve customer satisfaction and business performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; combination of education and experience acceptable.
• 7+ years in operations, supply chain, and production.
• Ability to extract data from Sequel tables and present insights.
• Strong analytical, statistical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience with production facilities, throughput improvements, and financial impact.
• Proficiency with MS Office; intermediate Excel.
• Experience generating management reports for decision making.

Responsibilities

• Create rough-cut capacity plan for Rough Mills feeding assembly plants.
• Maintain planning parameters for accuracy and completeness.
• Flag inventory at-risk and report impacts to leadership.
• Provide procurement analysis using KPIs and vendor yields.
• Create demand schedules and balance capacity with customer orders.
• Contribute to S&OP input on volume, capacity, uptime and downtime.
• Improve material utilization and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Supply chain management

Data analysis

MS Excel

Communication

ERP systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Sequel

Tally Master

Aiken Controls

MS Office

Job description

Quanex is looking for a Senior Planning and Logistics Manager to join our team located onsite in St. Cloud, MN.

Are you a strategic supply chain leader who thrives on turning customer demand into efficient, reliable operations? As a Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager, you’ll lead the planning strategy that connects production, materials, and inventory across Quanex Custom Components operations. You’ll have the opportunity to influence business performance by optimizing inventory, strengthening production planning and leveraging ERP data to drive smarter decisions. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who enjoys solving complex challenges, collaborating across functions, and making a measurable difference in manufacturing and customer satisfaction.

Salary: $115,000-$135,000 annually, with bonus potential. Starting salary varies based on your experience.

Work Hours: On-site, Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, hours may vary depending on business needs.

We Offer You!

• Medical, dental & vision start the 1st of the month after hire
• Medical coverage featuring wellness incentives that may significantly reduce employee premiums
• PTO, ESST, paid holidays & paid training — starts right away
• 401(k) with company match & vesting
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Life insurance provided
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness resources & onsite physical therapist
• Free fountain drinks and coffee during shifts

What’s attractive about the Senior Planning and Scheduling Manager role?

• You will have an impact on the success of the company.
• Visibility and access to senior leaders within the company.
• Collaborative and Team-Oriented environment.
• World Class Safety records.
• Hands-on, on-site, physical therapy.

What Success Looks Like

• Responsible for the creation of the rough-cut capacity plan for Rough Mills feeding assembly plants. Establishes understanding of where excess or capacity gaps in the current plan.
• Maintains planning parameters ensuring completeness and accuracy for planning purposes.
• Provides focus on inventory at-risk and flags the impact of decisions to leadership and drives continuous improvement.
• Provides analytical support for procurement based on operational KPIs to help assess vendor performance, e.g. average incoming board width, yield by vendor, using new tools from Tally Master and Aiken Controls.
• Create demand schedules based on the incoming product mix to provide accurate commitment dates to customer service across all product lines. Analyze and balance the demand on capacity by performing weekly capacity planning and monitoring customer orders.
• Provide input to the Finance Team on operating plans for the S&OP process concerning incoming volume, capacity, and line/tooling uptime and downtime to improve FG inventory turns
• Drives the development of metrics designed to measure the effectiveness of programs and policies and improves material utilization tracking to eliminate variances.

Your Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred and/or combination of education and experience.
• 7 + years operations, supply chain, and production experience.
• Able to extract data from Sequel tables and integrate meaningful data presentations.
• Demonstrated statistical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with key business functions such production facilities, throughout efficiencies and financial impact.
• Superior skills in using MS Office; intermediate proficiency with Excel.
• Experience in performing analysis and report generation required to support management and decision-making activities.

About Quanex, A Part Of Something Bigger

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com.